Pat Boone
- Actor
- Producer
- Music Department
Actor, singer, author and songwriter ("Exodus") Pat Boone was educated
at David Lipscombe College, North Texas State College and Columbia
University (from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in
1958). His career in entertainment began when he emceed a teenage
talent show on radio and television in Nashville, Tennessee. He won a
Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour amateur show,
and an Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts show.
His first professional recording was made in 1955, and he joined ASCAP
in 1961, with Ernest Gold being his chief
musical collaborator. Over the years he has had many hit songs ("Moody
River", "Speedy Gonzales", "Bernadine") and appeared in a string of
films in the 1950s and 1960s, some successful and some not. His other
song compositions include "Lover's Lane" and "The Main Attraction". He
has served as a board member of the Northeastern Institute for
Christian Education.
